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Four new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia today (Sunday, Jan. 17).

There is one case in each of Nova Scotia Health’s Zones — the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Western. All four cases are related to travel from outside Atlantic Canada. The Central Zone case is a student at Mount Saint Vincent University who lives off campus.

There are 29 known active cases in the province. No one is in hospital with the disease.

Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,396 tests yesterday.

Here are the new daily cases and seven-day rolling average since the start of the second wave (Oct. 1):

And here is the active caseload for the second wave:

Here is the possible exposure map:

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  1. First line in the article appears as “Four neunday, Jan. 17).” I think I few letters got lost in cyberspace. 🙂